Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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astelioeswills 
I have finally gotten around to writing some notes for this chart. In my chart, I tried to keep a balance between the personal and idiosyncratic versus universal appeal. So other members can not only find unusual picks that they may never of heard of, but also see how I think those picks compare to albums that are more universally adored (Pet Sounds, i am talking about you). I hope this makes the chart useful and interesting to others.
It was important to me to include classical recordings and jazz recordings as well as pop/rock. I believe music is music (like Leonard Bernstein said)and I hope that their are many other people like me who find no contradiction between listening to Bach, or the Stones, or Chet Baker, or the Pixies, or Shostakovich. Obviously, i kept the number of classical and jazz recordings to a minimum because if I included all that I adore, they would have crowded out the Pop records and thus defeated the purpose of creating a dialogue with others.
- Chart updated: 08/19/2012 02:33
- (Created: 09/18/2011 05:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Obviously i am biased- I love Nick Cave's entire career, though some parts of his discography are prickly and difficult. But this phase of his career and this album in particular is transcendent genius. I am shocked that this album is not on every music fans top 50.
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1997
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1966
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1956
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1,687
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1965
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1959
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20,983
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1993
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685
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1979
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1969
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[First added to this chart: 09/23/2011]
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1997
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 26 | 26% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Nick Cave | 4 | 4% | |
| Elvis Costello | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 2% | |
| Wilco | 2 | 2% | |
| Son Volt | 2 | 2% | |
| The Band | 2 | 2% | |
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BestEverAlbums 03/05/2013 09:00 in Chart of the day (#508): By astelioeswills
BestEverAlbums 03/05/2013 09:00 in Chart of the day (#508): By astelioeswills“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by astelioeswills () 1. The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1997) 2. The Well-Tempered Clavier by Glenn Gould (1975) 3. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966) 4. Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong (1956) 5. Rubber…”
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chris lancaster 10/07/2011 17:38 | #28102
Thank you for your kind comment and rating! What music did you buy? I have to confess that I only know about 60% of the albums on your chart well, so I'm going to do some investigation of my own and will leave a rating when I've explored your own eclectic mix.
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Johnnyo TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/20/2011 11:14 | #27696
Really individual chart which is always a bonus for me. Love the inclusion of AMC, Silver Jews & Uncle Tupelo. Have you heard AMC's album California? One of the greatest albums ever made.
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daftpunter 12/27/2011 05:42 | #33788
Tremendous chart. The only one with the Flatlanders' More A Legend, and I'm sure one of only a few with Dylan's Self Portrait. Great mix.
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astelioeswills 10/06/2011 02:44 | #28069
astelioeswills 10/06/2011 02:44 | #28069
CellarDoor thanks for the comment. I hope you enjoy "our man in Paris"; i am by no means an expert on Dexter Gordon but that is the DG album i choose to play the most. I am almost done with the list and when it is complete, i will add some comments to explain my thoughts.
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Mr November 03/05/2013 14:34 | #67130
After a while a lot of charts on BEA start to look the same......... yours doesn't. Great variety and a lot of albums I love. Nick Cave is the most consistent songwriter of the last 25 years for my money. I think the problem is his albums are so consistently good that they split the vote.
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